#79B6CC#79B6CC

#79B6CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.070 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B6CC
RGB	rgb(121, 182, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 10.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -13.97, -17.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 22.25, 231.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0516 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.07 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5084, 41.8781, 63.3272)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B6CC #CC8F79

analogous

#79CCB8 #79B6CC #798CCC

triadic

#79B6CC #CC79B6 #B6CC79

tetradic

#79B6CC #B879CC #CC8F79 #8CCC79

square

#79B6CC #B879CC #CC8F79 #8CCC79

split-complementary

#79B6CC #CC798C #CCB879

monochromatic

#387B93 #4D9EBB #79B6CC #A5CEDD #D2E6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#79B6CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#79B6CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B6CC

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B6CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B6CC	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b6cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 182, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.070 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3ccdb',
    500: '#79b6cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b6cc;
$custom-light: #a3ccdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b6cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.904,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74264,
    "c": 0.07027,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B6CC

secondary

#DFCAC2

accent

#522DB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B6CC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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